Flower Friday
By this morning the storm of last night had played itself out, and the day began very promisingly. Sadly, by late morning the cloud had rolled back in and the temperature was dropping, but at least we were spared any … Continued
Irresistible
Well, I can’t resist them anyway. On the way back from Slimbridge yesterday I called in at the garden centre in Ashchurch to see if they had anything I couldn’t buy closer to home, and came back with some quite … Continued
The joy of spring
I finally got to try out the new power edger today, and it was a lot easier to use than I’d expected – though, to be honest, I think the ground was still a bit too damp, because I had … Continued
In here somewhere…
I spent much of the day outside, in pretty nippy temperatures I have to say, tidying the rose bed in the top garden and pruning the roses. Every now and then though, I’d stop work and wander around with the … Continued
Pluuumpie!!!
The emergence of the first Hairy-footed Flower Bees of the year is always a really big deal for me, because they’re the perfect harbingers of spring: bright, beautiful, and lively, they never fail to fill me with optimism. That said, … Continued
Multitasking
I was impressed with the casual way this Hairy-footed Flower Bee used his front feet to clean some of the pollen from his proboscis as he flew from one aubretia flower to another. I sometimes eat while on the move, … Continued